The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, license, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains
This image represent the tax that was put on the paper like products.
These are some of the stamps that they were looking for on paper, license, legal documents, newspapers and other publications.
March 22, 1765
Parliament passes the Stamp Act
November 1, 1765
Official date the Stamp Act was to go into effect
November 5, 1765
Demonstration of sailors in Savannah to protest the new Stamp Act. City of Savannah, Georgia.
November 21, 1765
Because of uncertainty surrounding the Stamp Act, the Georgia Gazette ceases publication.
January 2 ,1766
Governor Wright, alone, but carrying a single-shot muzzle-loaded pistol, turns back the Sons of Liberty at the gate of the Governor's mansion. They had come to the mansion to protest the Stamp Act. James Wright.
January 3, 1766
Stampmaster George Angus serves a single day in the port of Savannah, making Georgia the only colony to actually have a stampmaster.
March 4, 1766
House of Commons votes to repeal the Stamp Act.
March 17, 1766
House of Lords votes to repeal the Stamp Act.
March 18, 1766
King Georgia III signs bill repealing the Stamp Act, official as of May 1, 1766.
July 16, 1766
Georgia receives word that the Stamp Act has been repealed.
This image represent the tax that was put on the paper like products.
These are some of the stamps that they were looking for on paper, license, legal documents, newspapers and other publications.